Landmark Constitutional Cases that Changed South Africa

On 14 February 1995, the Constitutional Court of South Africa was inaugurated by President Nelson Mandela. In his inaugural speech, President Mandela remarked that the “future of our democracy” hinged on the existence and the work of the newly created Constitutional Court. Furthermore, President Man...

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Main Authors: Laubscher, Roxan, van Staden, Marius
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Udgivet: UJ Press 2023
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description On 14 February 1995, the Constitutional Court of South Africa was inaugurated by President Nelson Mandela. In his inaugural speech, President Mandela remarked that the “future of our democracy” hinged on the existence and the work of the newly created Constitutional Court. Furthermore, President Mandela rightly asserted that it is the Constitutional Court’s task “to ensure that the values of freedom and equality which underlie our interim constitution – and which will surely be embodied in our final constitution – are nurtured and protected so that they may endure”. These sentiments are as true now as they were almost thirty years ago. However, whether and how the courts have nurtured and protected these sentiments over the last twenty-eight years is the topic that we want to address. This book serves as the first volume in a series of books that considers selected landmark judgments of the South African Constitutional Court.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1212942025-03-20T08:06:16Z Landmark Constitutional Cases that Changed South Africa Laubscher, Roxan van Staden, Marius constitutional cases, South Africa, constitution, death penalty, human rights On 14 February 1995, the Constitutional Court of South Africa was inaugurated by President Nelson Mandela. In his inaugural speech, President Mandela remarked that the “future of our democracy” hinged on the existence and the work of the newly created Constitutional Court. Furthermore, President Mandela rightly asserted that it is the Constitutional Court’s task “to ensure that the values of freedom and equality which underlie our interim constitution – and which will surely be embodied in our final constitution – are nurtured and protected so that they may endure”. These sentiments are as true now as they were almost thirty years ago. However, whether and how the courts have nurtured and protected these sentiments over the last twenty-eight years is the topic that we want to address. This book serves as the first volume in a series of books that considers selected landmark judgments of the South African Constitutional Court. 2023-11-16T04:11:47Z 2023-11-16T04:11:47Z 2023-11-15T11:42:16Z 2023 book OCN: 1409567710 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/85131 9781776460687 9781776482702 9781776482719 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/121294 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/85131/1/9781776460694.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/85131/1/9781776460694.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/85131/1/9781776460694.pdf UJ Press 10.36615/9781776460694 10.36615/9781776460694 3162fe88-25cb-4a0f-8540-52215ef36bf0 9781776460687 9781776482702 9781776482719 316 Johannesburg open access
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